Ina Garten’s long-awaited memoir is apparently coming this fall.
Salon reports that the celebrity chef, known for her Food Network show Barefoot Contessa, updated her Instagram bio with the text “Memoir coming out October 1st 2024.”
Garten, a Brooklyn native who grew up in Connecticut, worked as a White House budget analyst before buying a Long Island specialty grocery store called Barefoot Contessa. She scored a bestseller in 1999 with The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook; more than a dozen cookbooks followed, including Barefoot Contessa Parties! and Barefoot Contessa: How Easy Is That?
Her Food Network show, which premiered in 2002, features Garten cooking for friends and for her husband, economist Jeffrey Garten. It has been a consistent hit for the network, winning five Daytime Emmy Awards.
Garten’s memoir was first announced by Celadon Books in 2019. In a statement at the time, Garten said, “By finding a way to do what I love for a living—cooking—I’ve been fortunate to build a career that has not only been incredibly rewarding but has brought people together through the power of home cooking. I hope my book will inspire readers to find their own unique story.”
There is no word yet as to the title of Garten’s book.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
